Shaving-brush attachment



y 15, 1929- c. w. WHITE SHAVING BRUSH AT'MCHMENT Filed March 2'7, 1928 ATTORNEY Patented July 16, 1929.

CLARENCE WATSON WHITE, or ivonr rnnnivnveron, VERMONT.

SHAVING-BRUSH ATTACHMENT;

Application filed March 27, 1928. Serial No. 265,101.

This inventionrelatesto brushes, and more particularly to shaving brushes.

A primary object of the invention is toconstruct an attachment to a brush of this character which will cause the brush to maintain itself in a vertical position when not in use. In order that the brush may not distribute lather, soap and water upon the sill, shelf or dresser before which the user stands, it it particularly necessary that means be provided to retain the brush body of the shaving,

brush in spaced relation to the shelf or. sill,

upon which the end of the shaving brush handle is placed during the time in the process of shavingand otherwise that the brush is not being actually manipulated in applying lather to the face; and it is also desirable to provide means whereby the lather and water may be prevented from getting on the hand when the brush is being used. These objects are especially important nowadays when mugs have been discarded and creams that are pressed out of a tube directly on a wet brush are so universally used.

"The present invention consists essentially in a separable attachment for a shaving brushhandle, by means of wh ch a weighted or relatively heavy unit may be connected with the end of the brush handle so that when the shaving brush is placed on a shelf or other support, the brush body covered with lather or soap, or in a wet state, will at all times be spaced from the shelf-or surface and will not come into contact therewith, the shaving brush being self-righting and adapted to always lie in a plane perpendicular to such surface or at an acute angle thereto, for the brush will be always caused automatically to assume a vertical position when being placed on a horizontal surface; and further said separable attachment is formed with an integral cup or flange to catch and retain any soap or watery lather that might otherwise escape from the bristles and run down the brush handle upon the users hand.

And the invention further consists essentially in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, and in numerous details and peculiarities thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter described and claimed. In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a shaving brush in a perpendicular position with my improved self-righting and soap-arresting at tachment applied inan operative manner to the end of the handle.

Figure 2 is similar side elevation, with the attachment in vertical sectionto expose the we ghted interiorand show theprelation of the end of the handle thereto.

Figure?) is a topplan view, to show more particularly the flange that forms the lather dr1p cup, 1

My improved attachment is susceptible of application to any kind of a shaving brush handle, and to some other handles as well.

An example of shaving brush is shown by the I handle 1, whichhas the bunch or body of bristles 8 set therein in any desired manner, as by cement, rubber, orother eflicient setting. The end 2 opposite the bristle body 3, is flanged or beaded insomesuitable manner, for the handle is generally concaved more or less int-he sides to enable it to be conveniently handled; and sucha shape results usually in the terminal enlargement, asat 2, which provides the head or flange, which may be embraced by my improved attachment. It is a well known principle that if the end 2 of a handle is provided with a rounded weight, which is heavier than the handle and the brush combined, the handle will rise and assume a vertical position when laid down more or less horizontally or angularly and when set down on its Weighted end, the latter will keep it vertical, except for some slight undulatory movement it may make in assuming its vertical'position; for it tips more or less it will always automaticallyrightitself with out permitting the lathered brush body to touch the shelf; and in thus keeping the handle vertical the lather-catching cup is held horizontal so as to catch semi-liquid or watery lather, or fluid soap, or other drippings which fall thereinto, and are kept from spilling out on to the hand or shelf.

The attachment proper comprises a hollow rubber or other elastic or flexible ball or member l, which will fit over handle 2, and which has an encircling flange 6 which surrounds handle 1 and provides a cup 7. This ball t may obviously be of any flexible or elasticmaterial, or any strong semi-elastic substance or composition which may be stretched over the end 2 of the brush handle toembrace it with a snug tight fit, so that the external surface may provide a curved bottom on which the brush may stand and roll slightly in adjusting itself to its vertical position. Further, the ball or spherical shell 4 has a circular opening which embraces handle 1 which projects through same into ball 4 and also has a tight fit at that point, and said circular opening is surrounded by the flaring concentric flange 6 that forms a sortof dish or cup 7 around handle 1 and below brush head 3 to catch any drip or flow from the lather, this flaring cup 7 being integral with the round member 4. Inside of round member l and below the end 2 of the handle is a weight 5, the same being lead or other heavy substance molded or formed or secured in the interior bottom of ball 4, so that when the ball at is secured to the handle it will provide the selfaighting means that will keep the brush handle automatically always vertical.

Numerous changes may be made in the exact details of construction and configuration or my attachment. Under certain circumstances the device may be nearly or quite inelastic and pern'ianently attached to the handle, but generally the elastic unit will be employed, the same being separable, removable, and independent, but manufactured and sold as a separate article to be attached to any kind of shaving brush handle already m use.

A very excellent attachment for certain purposes may omit the weight, but still provide a cup to catch the lather and water and prevent same from running down over the hand. In such a case or form the ball would have a flat bottom so that it would stand erect on a level surface and uphold the brush handle and brush.

hat I claim, is:

1. In a brush handle attachment of the class described, the combination with a flexible body ada ted to be stretched over the end of the handle, of a weight in said body, and a circular projecting flaring flange integral with the body and surrounding the handle to form a cup to receive drip.

2. In combination with a brush handle, an attachment consisting ina flexible hollow ball, adapted to embrace the end of the handle, a weight in the bottom of the ball, and an annular cup which surrounds the handle above the ball and is integral with the latter.-

3. As a new article of manufacture, a brush handle attachment consisting in a rubber hollow ball having a circular opening through which the end of the handle is tightly passed, a flange surrounding the edge of said opening and integral with the ball to form a cup around the handle, and a weight in the interior of the ball contiguous to the end oi? the inserted brush handle so as to keep the latter in'a substantially vertical position.

a. In a brush having a handle formed with concave sides terminating in a free end while the opposite end carries a bunch of bristles, the combination with said handle ofa separate rubber body adapted to be removably engaged over the free end of the handle so as to surround and cover said end of the handle, and a weight secured within said body in close proximity to the end of the handle so as to furnish automatic selfrighting means for the entire device.

5. In a brush having ahandle carrying a bunch of bristles at one end, the combination with said handle of a separate removable onepiece flexible rubber hollow round body hav ing a circular opening through which the handle itself is tightly'passed, said body being stretched over and snugly surrounding and completely enclosing the end of the handle which is opposite to the bristles, and a flange surrounding the edge of said circular opening formed integral with the hollow body soas to form a flaring drip cup around the handle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

CLARENCE WYATSON WHITE. 

